by Tim Harrington | Feb 7, 2022 | Hadid Class 2021/22, Hirst Class 2021/22, Kahlo Class 2021/22, Lichtenstein Class 2021/22, Maths, Peggy Angus Class 2021/22, Riley Class 2021/22, Van Gogh Class 2021/22
Thirty children across Yr4, 5 and 6 took part in a ten week maths tutoring programme in Autumn. This involved 2 x 45 minute online tutor sessions per week, to help raise confidence and secure concepts such as Place Value, Number and calculation strategies. Children...
by Tim Harrington | Feb 7, 2022 | Hirst Class 2021/22, Science
On Friday 4th February, Hirst Class worked with teachers from Dreamachine , who delivered creative science lessons exploring the power of the brain with perception and illusion. Children engaged with different activities to discuss questions such as: ‘How do I see the...
by Tim Harrington | Jan 14, 2022 | Hirst Class 2021/22, Music
In Hirst Class we love to read. This term we are learning about WWII with a particular focus on evacuees. Our whole class reading book is Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo, which is about children who have to evacuate the city to the countryside. The class are really...
by Tim Harrington | Oct 22, 2021 | All Classes, Maths
Shakuntala Devi was an Indian writer and mathematical genius popularly known as the “human computer”. Born into an impoverished family in southern India, she was reputed to make complicated mathematical calculations in her head and effortlessly speak out...
by Tim Harrington | Feb 26, 2020 | Music
On Wednesday 26th February, colleagues from Newham and Tower Hamlets participated on a Bar Modelling course at Lansbury Lawrence. This was the first of two sessions with a focus on part-whole relationships using cuisenaire rods to make bar models. After observing a...
